Cigar-holder.



A. E. INGLESBY.

CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1917 fitented Oct. 8, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY ALBERT E. INGLESBY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed May 8, 1917. Serial No. 167,218.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. INGLESBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to cigar holders and an object of the invention is to provide means in a cigar holder for securely engaging the end of a cigar when inserted in the holder to absolutely preclude displacement therefrom until the holding means is' released by the user.

In addition to the foregoing, my invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the views in which they appear:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a cigar holder or the like constructed after the manner of my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough.

W ith reference to the drawings, 1 designates the body portion of a ci ar holder, and 2 the mouth piece thereof. The outer end of the body portion is formed with a plurality of apertures 3 extending through the thickness of the body portion and located closely adjacent the end. A ring or annular member 4, surrounds the body portion at the apertured end, and is provided with a plurality of spurs 5, pivoted to the ring, at 6 and having their free ends curved and extended into the apertures 3, in the body portion of the holder.

The outer surface of the body portion adjacent the apertures should be curved slightly to conform to the curvature of the spurs, as should also the inner edges of the apertures so that when the ring 4: is rotated, in this instance to the right, the spurs will be guided into the apertures and project substantially radially into the central channel of the cigar holder.

It will thus be obvious that with the ring in the position shown in Fig. 2, the channel of the cigar holder is smooth and uninterrupted for the insertion of the end of a cigar. After however, the cigar has been inserted, rotation of the ring will cause the spurs 5 to engage the sides of the cigar and dislodgment of the cigar from the holder will be absolutely precluded until the ring is rotated in a reverse direction to cause disengagement of the spurs in an obvious manner.

An arcuate slot 7, is formed in the outer surface of the holder, extending circumferentially and adjacent the ring for the reception of a pin 8, which is secured in an enlargement 9, formed upon one side of the ring. Owing to this arrangement, circumferential movement of the ring is limited by the engagement of the pin with either end of its slot.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a novel form of cigar holder in which the cigar may be securelyheld and which may be manufactured at a low cost.

Various ways of constructing my inven tion will occur to those skilled in the art, for the purpose of employing the principles therein presented, and I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cigar holder including a body portion having a plurality of transverse, circumferential spaced openings having curved end .walls, and an elongated external recess eX- tending circumferentially, an annular member embracing the body portion, an enlargement on one side face of the annular member formed with a radial opening, a pin retracted upon rotary movement of the 'an- 1 movably seated in the opening of the ennular member. largement and designed to enter the recess In testimony whereof I affix my signature to limit circumferential movement of the anin presence of two Witnesses.

nular member and a plurality of rigid curved and sharpened spurs pivotally ALBERT INGLESBY' mounted upon one side face of the annular Witnesses: member to enter the openlngs of the body LOUIS EDEBoHLs, portion, said spurs belng inserted or re- BENJAMIN LIPWITZ.

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